Curtain and shade-roller supporter.



A. KALOSKY.

CURTAIN AND SHADE ROLLER SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.'!, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON KALOSKY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

CURTAIN AND SHADE-ROLLER SUPPORTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON KALosKY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain and Shade-Roller Supporters, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain and shade rollersupporters, and the object of my improvement is simplicity and economyin construction and convenience and efiiciency in use.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my im proved-curtain and shade rollersupporter, and a shade roller, a curtain rod and part of a windowcasing. Fig. 2 is an end view on an enlarged scale of the leftsupporting device, and a curtain pole in cross-section. Fig. 3 is a viewfrom the other end of the right supporting device. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of the left supporting device. Fig. 5 is a similar view of theright sup porting device. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the rightsupporting device. Fig. 7 is a similar view of the same on an enlargedscale and in part broken out. Fig. 8 is a similar view of a modificationof my device. Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 10 is a viewcorresponding to Fig. 8 of another modification of my device. Fig. 11 isa plan view of a portion of the blank for the same.

My curtain and shade roller supporter comprises a pair of supportingdevices A, one of which serves as a left supporting device and the otheras a right supporting device, and which devices are suitable forsupporting a shade roller B and a curtain pole C. The supporting deviceA comprises a front plate 1.5 and a back plate 16 formed of sheetmaterial at right angles one to the other at one of the ends of thefront plate 15, the front plate extending laterally, and the back plate16 extending vertically and at the rear of the front plate 15. The frontplate 15 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 17 separatingways 18. Engaged with the ways 18 is the supporting arm 19 of a shaderoller holder 20 on one face and a clamping plate 21 on the other faceconnected by a clamping screw 22. The shade roller holder 20 is ofordinary construction. The ways 18 are positioned forwardly relativelyto the casing so as to provide clearance between the said ways andSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 7, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914;.

Serial No. 783,531.

casing E as shown at 23 for the clamping means for clamping the shaderoller holder in the position in which the same may be adjusted. Isupport the ways 18 in the forward position so as to provide theclearance mentioned in the following manner: At the inner end the frontplate is bent inwardly as shown at 24 to provide a turned edge or apron25 of sufficient depth to provide the necessary clearance at the saidinner end. The said inner end 25 may be further ex tended laterally toprovide a supporting foot 26 and which is provided with a screw hole 27for a supporting screw. At the outer end I provide proper clearance forthe front plate 15 by using a back plate 16 of suitable thickness, andbeing positioned at the rear of the said outer end. The said back platethus serves as a supporting foot for the said outer end and therebyprovides the clearance desired. The front plate 15 and back plate 16 areconnected together by rivets 28. The back plate 16 is formed of a stripof sheet material and comprises a body portion 29 which is connected tothe front plate 15 in the manner described and as shown extends acrossthe same and is provided with screw holes 30 for supporting screws, oneabove the other below the front plate 15. At the upper end of the bodyportion 29 there is a forwardly extending arm 31 pro vided at the frontend with a hook or loop 32 suitable for receiving and supporting thecurtain pole C. Accordingly, as described, the back plate 16 serves asthe support for the curtain pole and also as the support for the outerend of the front plate 15. And the said front plate 15 constitutes thesupporting base for the shade roller holder, and the said back plate 16and the front plate 15 are formed of strips of sheet material that arerigidly connected together.

I11 the modification shown in Fig. 8 the supporting foot 26 at the innerend is dispensed with and in lieu thereof the prong 26 is provided andwhich is suitable to be driven into the woodwork of the casing E.

In the modification shown in Figs. 10 and 11 the prong 26 is provided atthe inner end of the slot 17 and from material that would otherwise becut away in forming the said slot.

In the modifications described the prongs 26 and 26 enter the woodworksufficiently to serve to support the inner end of the front plate 15* or15 as the case may be and the screws engaged with the holes 30 serve tohold the said prongs positively ongaged vith the said Woodwork.

I claim as my invention In a curtain and shade roller supporter having aplate for receiving a shade roller holder and having the portion onwhich the said shade roller holder is mounted spaced from the Windowcasing suitably to house between the said portion and the said casing apart of the said holder and clamping means therefor, and the said plateconsisting of a laterally extending strip of sheet metal, the bodyportion of the said strip being provided With means for adjustablyreceiving the said holder, the inner end of the said strip being off-setrearwardly to provide the proper spacing at the said inner end, and aback plate being positioned between the outer end of the said strip andthe said casing, and the said back plate being of sufiicient thicknessto properly space the said outer end of the strip and the said backplate being; also provided With means for supporting a curtain pole.

ANTON KALOSKY.

Vitnesses:

S. H. CLARKE, R. W. EDWARDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 0! Patents, Washington, D. O.

